Hudson homeowners expect to cash in on Super Bowl weekend

With almost every hotel within driving distance of MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford booked solid for the week of Super Bowl XLVIII, fans turning to Craigslist for a place to stay are in for a Super-sized shock.

In what is already the most expensive Super Bowl — top face value ticket price will be $2,600, or more than twice what it was last year — a review of vacation rental listings on the popular classified ad website reveals some eye-popping prices.

Just a weekend stay for the big game on Feb. 2 in Hudson County will cost $4,500 for a one-bedroom “luxury penthouse apartment” in Bayonne, $6,000 for a two-bedroom apartment in North Bergen, $8,800 for a two-bedroom apartment in Weehawken and a whopping $12,000 for a three-bedroom condo in Hoboken.

After hearing about similar offers on the news, Lisa D., 29, of Morristown, jumped on the bandwagon trying to make some easy money by posting her boyfriend’s two-bedroom apartment in Hoboken. Her asking price? $10,000.

“I had to convince my boyfriend to let me do it, that it’s going to be worth it,” she said.

Lisa added that she considered her price tag “fair market value,” if one took into account the apartment’s proximity to MetLife Stadium and other tourist destinations, its cleanliness, and its amenities, which include four flat screen TVs, a private roof deck, and underground parking.

Matt Neff, 39, director of sales at a software company, gave a weekend stay at his two-bedroom apartment in Secaucus a $4,500 price tag.

While three parties have contacted him so far, none have committed — a trend he believed had to do with uncertainty about which teams will end up playing in the big game.

“There’s one team (the people contacting me) want to see,” Neff said. “A lot of people are gathering information and seeing how things are going to transpire.”

There are some “bargains” to be found.

A one-bedroom, “apartment condo” on Avenue C in Bayonne is going for $800 a night, with a three-night minimum; and there is a one-bedroom apartment at Pavonia and West Side avenues listed at $200 a night for four people, and $50 a person for extra guests.